Everything Sherry Flashcards
What is Madeira (Ma-deer-uh)?
Where is it from?
How long can it last?
Oxidized and fortified wine.
Used for reduction sauces because of walnut flavours.
Pairs with achichokes, pea soup, and asparagus.
Portugal
age over 100 years
Flavours: burnt caramel, walnut oil, peach, hazelnut, orange peel
What grape is Sherry made out of?
Palomino.
A spanish grape varietal
What is sherry?
Sherry is Spain’s top fortified wine made primarily with Palomino grapes and extended oxidative aging.
What are Sherry dry styles?
Fino, Manzanilla
Amontillado
Palo Cortado
Oloroso
What are Sherry sweet styles?
PX Pedro Ximénez
Muscatel
Sweetened Sherry
What is Fino and Manzanilla?
The lightest styles from Jerez and Sanlúcar de Barrameda, with salty fruit flavours. Best served chilled
(dry style 1/4)
What is Amontillado?
Slightly bolder, nutty style in between Fino Oloroso.
Dry style 2/4
What is Palo Cortado?
A richer style than Fino or amontillado with roasted flavours of coffee and molasses
Dry style 3/4
What is Oloroso?
The boldest style made from oxidative oak aging. Seasoned Oloroso barrels are in high demand for making whiskey
Dry style 4/4
What is PX?
Pedro Ximénez is the sweetest style having upward of 600g/L RS.
Wines are deep brown coloured with fig and date flavours.
What is Moscatel?
An aromatic style made with Muscat of Alexandria featuring caramel flavours.
What is sweetened sherry?
The most affordable style is typically made by blending P.X with oloroso. Wines are labeled by sweetness level
Name of a rare single vintage sherry?
Anada
How is sherry made?
Sherry uses n aging method called a solera. Solera’s are tiers of barrels with 3-9 steps called criaderas or scales
What should you serve with Fino manzanilla?
smoked, fried, grilled fish or vegetables.
what should you serve amontillado with?
barbecue
what should you serve PX or cream sherry with?
gooey cheeses
What is the difference between fino and Manzanilla?
Similar taste although Manzanilla has a more salty edge.
Fino is cellared in Jerez while manzanilla is produced in bodegas in the coastal town of sanlucar de barrameda
What is Manzanilla Passada?
Aged longer than usual approx 7 years so the veil flor begins to fade but not long enough to become amontillado
